A.   All of these

B.   The 6th Amendment.

C.   The 4th Amendment

D.   The 5th Amendment.

A.   Has been a common event in almost all of the wars that the US has fought

B.   Followed the American Civil War

C.   Happened in the midst of WWII, threatening the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

D.   Preceded the American Revolutionary War.

A.   None of these.

B.   Actually quite low, much less than half.

C.   About half and half the country trusting the government.

D.   Very high, well over half.

A.   They did not like the fact that there was not a written British Constitution that they could cite to protect their interests.

B.   None of these.

C.   They liked the fact that Parliament could act quickly on matters, but they did not like the members of Parliament.

D.   They were fine with Parliament determining what was law, they just wanted their own representatives in London.

A.   It freed the slaves, but only in the rebellious southern states

B.   It extended 1st Amendment liberties to African Americans.

C.   It abolished slavery everywhere in the United States.

D.   It guaranteed the right to trial to African Americans

A.   The founding of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

B.   The Same-Sex Marriage Movement

C.   The Right-to-Life Movement.

D.   Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

A.   It has provided an effective check on unilateral power whether at the federal or state level.

B.   It has completely eliminated discrimination against various groups of people

C.   It has satisfied all people at the local level that their government is completely responding to their needs.

D.   It has effectively satisfied the Founding Fathers' desire for greater centralization of powers in the national government

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Florida's method of counting votes in the 2000 presidential election.

B.   Voter ID laws in Wisconsin.

C.   Segregation of private schools in North Carolina

D.   The federal Defense of Marriage Act.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Lawyers in residence at Parliament to decide how Parliament's laws would be implemented in the colonies.

B.   Colonial governors who could veto any laws.

C.   Fewer taxes, and they really did not care about representation

D.   Actual representatives of their own choosing in Parliament or in the colonies.

A.   Review.

B.   Negative or negate.

C.   None of these.

D.   Abstain

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Politically disparaging words, libel, and obscenity

B.   Libel, politically disparaging words, and fighting words

C.   Obscenity, fighting words, and politically disparaging words.

D.   Fighting words, obscenity, and libel

A.   The judiciary to review the constitutionality of legislation.

B.   The judiciary to remove unfit Congressmen from office.

C.   The executive to review the legality of legislation

D.   The executive to nullify laws that do not meet with the meaning of the Constitution

A.   The Bill of Rights contains two separate limitations on religion.

B.   The Bill of Rights permits the establishment of a state religion in certain special cases

C.   People can not be compelled to make pledges that contain religious expressions such as "God."

D.   Neither the federal nor the state government can dictate which religion people can observe.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Best accepted and not questioned.

B.   None of these

C.   Founded on pure fact

D.   Actually myths.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   . Considered out-of-date notions by the Americans.

B.   Major themes in the common history of both the English people and the American colonists.

C.   None of these

D.   New ideas in the English parliamentary system

A.   Compromise.

B.   Delay or block legislation.

C.   Ease the effects of gridlock

D.   Move bills to the front of the legislative calendar

A.   It is lying about another person.

B.   It is telling something untrue about persons in public media that may result in harm to them or their reputations.

C.   It is telling the secrets of a person to the federal government.

D.   It is lying about a person in public media

A.   Montesquieu was correct that the most successful republic was a small one

B.   Montesquieu's theory about the size of republics was correct but that the American republic could overcome the problem with adequate funds

C.   The large and diverse population of America was an advantage, as it would bring ideological balance in a republican government

D.   Montesquieu’s theory applied only to Italy.

A.   The executive would be a single individual and have the power of the veto over legislation.

B.   The executive would have the power of the veto and would have no role in nominating federal judges.

C.   None of these.

D.   The executive would have a Cabinet and have no role in nominating federal judges

A.   All have been equally important

B.   The 13th Amendment

C.   The 14th Amendment.

D.   The 15th Amendment

A.   All of these

B.   The US Constitution supersedes state law.

C.   The US Constitution is the law of the land.

D.   Any laws made that further the intent of the Constitution are protected by the clause

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Judiciary must determine if laws are necessary and proper.

B.   Executive and the legislature work together in a proper way to make necessary laws

C.   President can do whatever is necessary and proper for the people.

D.   Congress makes any laws necessary and proper to carry out the intent of the Constitution.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Are important for federalism to function effectively.

B.   Are nice but not essential to federalism or democracy

C.   Are only important in primary campaigns.

D.   Are not a very effective way to reach the people

A.   The liberties and freedoms government is supposed to protect will not prevail

B.   Federalism is unlikely to work well.

C.   Our ongoing experiment in democracy will not function

D.   All of these.

A.   Social movements originated in response to the notion that there should be broader distributions of power.

B.   Social movements challenged divine right monarchies in the 18th century

C.   Social movements originated in western societies

D.   Social movements never attempted to address the issue of slavery.

A.   Levying taxes

B.   Declaring war

C.   Establishing and maintaining schools.

D.   All of these

A.   Mostly in the last 50 years

B.   Since the Abolition Movement just before the Civil War.

C.   Since the Progressive Era

D.   Throughout the entire history of the nation.

A.   Each state's doubts about the others' commitment to policies would slow down and clog the federal system.

B.   Experience proved that states would never uniformly comply with national requests

C.   Each state legislature contained "courtiers of popularity" who would actively oppose particular policies

D.   All of these.

A.   Three tiers of review for deciding whether due process of law was denied.

B.   Three tiers of review for deciding whether equal protection was denied

C.   All of these.

D.   Three tiers of review for deciding whether citizenship was denied unconstitutionally

A.   Each level of government has powers to leverage against the others

B.   Levels of government that cover all the people living in the sovereign territory.

C.   Different responsibilities for each level of government.

D.   All of these

A.   Subject to the jurisdiction of state government with no separate powers

B.   All of these

C.   Subject to the jurisdiction of the federal government with no separate powers

D.   An entirely separate level of government that is protected from encroachments or interference from state or federal governments

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Persuade the citizens of New York to ratify the Constitution

B.   Designate Boston as the location for the next federal convention

C.   Convince Americans that they should NOT accept federalism.

D.   Persuade George Washington to become the president

A.   Much of it was experimental

B.   It was a fairly complex system.

C.   The delegates understood that many of the vague terms in the Constitution would have to be worked out in the future

D.   All of these.

A.   Stated that the colonists had to obey Parliament "in all cases whatsoever

B.   All of these.

C.   Eventually, applied to legislative acts in general

D.   Applied to matters of taxation

A.   The national government had the power to raise troops.

B.   The national government could demand funds from the individual states to fund its operations.

C.   The national government had the power to tax

D.   The national government had to rely on the individual states to raise troops.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   The average person would find the material as appealing to a "prurient" interest

B.   The material describes sexual conduct in an offensive way.

C.   All of these.

D.   The material lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value

A.   Benefited small states.

B.   Instituted a formula which counted slaves as three-fifths of a non-slave

C.   All of these

D.   Was actually not a compromise but a series of wins and defeats.

A.   Civil rights issues can only be resolved in the courts.

B.   None of these

C.   Civil rights issues can not be resolved with Congressional legislation

D.   Executive orders are usually ineffective to resolve civil rights issues

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   The president has the final say.

B.   The Congress has the final say

C.   The US Constitution has the final say

D.   The states have the final say